AI Dating App Photo Enhancer
Discover how AI can make you look more attractive in photos on your dating app profile.
Introduction
In online dating, first impressions are everything. Would you agree?
Your profile photos are the deciding factor in whether someone clicks Like or Skip, swipes right or left.
Dating apps like Tinder, OkCupid, Bumble, Badoo, Grindr, and Hinge are very competitive. Especially for men where only the top few percent get all the swipes. So, you have to do what you have to do to stand out on dating apps.
Our Natural AI Photo Enhancer MakeHot.ai is designed exactly for this purpose. It uses algorithms to improve your attractiveness on photos while while maintaining authenticity
This means it tries to bring out your hottest side while still looking like you. Because, in the end, we want our dates to recognize us when we meet up. Right? ...Right? ๐
Why photos matter in online dating
You understand this intuituvely, but studies confirm that good profile photos are critical to you success in only dating. Here are some research findings:
- 80% to 90% of women and men state that they think the profile photo of potential matches is the most important factor in deciding whether they like them or not.
- The effect size of physical attractiveness in photos with regards to gaining matches is way bigger than intelligence, job status, or other settings or descriptions like the bio.
- Higher quality photos get more serious matches. So touching up your photos matters. This is especially true for photos of women judged by men.
- Eye tracking studies show that poeple using dating apps look at profile photos first and the most, as opposed to other parts of the profile.
- Subtle photo enhancements increases a profiles likability, but over-enhancement that looks too edited or fake, decreases the likelihood of getting matches.
Our AI understands these psychological factors and has a set of attractiveness presets that you can enable in a single click to make you look your best in your dating app photos.
How AI photo enhancement for dating apps works
Our Natural AI Photo Enhancer has a really simple 3 step process. All technicallities are handled behind the scenes. You just have to follow these three steps for all dating photos you want to enhance.
Step 1: Upload dating photo
Upload a photo from your dating profile that you want to generate an enhanced image for. You'll see a preview of your upload.
Step 2: Select enhancement settings
Our AI has many presets for looking more attractive. For example, you can select to get more tan, clean up your skin, or lighten your hair. You can even add accessories like sunglasses or jewelry to look more fancy.
Step 3: Download enhanced photo
After you configure the settings, you just click Make Me Hot ๐ฅ and wait for the AI to finish generating your enhanced profile photo. Your enhanced photo will now appear and will be ready for download. You can now upload it back to your dating profile.
Key features of our AI dating photo enhancer
Our Photo AI app is built with four key concepts in mind.
โจ Natural enhancement
All improvements to your photos are subtle by default. We want to enhance your natural beauty without looking artificial, AI-y or over-the-top.
โถ๏ธ Simplicity
You could spend hours in photo editing software. But this is exactly what we want to help you avoid. That's why we all our attractiveness enhancements are designed to be done in a single click.
๐งก Dating optimized
We know how important your photos are to your success in dating apps. That's why our AI settings are prioritize aspects that move the needle in dating ap photos.
๐ Privacy first
Your don't want your photos wandering all over the internet. That's why all the photos you upload and generate are only retrievable by you.
Here we will list some of the enhancements you can apply to your dating photos. Check out the app itself for new features.
- Face - Natural skin cleanup & Healthy glow.This feature is effective if you have skin issues like acne, dark spots, or uneven skin tone. Your potential Tinder matches will appreciate your cleaned up skin look before your retinoids kick in.
- Face - Balance & Symmetry.This setting speaks for itself. Symmetrical faces are found to be more attractive by both men and women, regardless of race, gender and sexual orientation. So this setting works for on all dating apps, from Tinder to HER, to Grindr.
- Face - Brightening eyes & Defining lips.More bright eyes and defined lips make you stand out and have that special look.
- Face - Wrinkle reduction.Obviously you work on healthy and young looking skin. For the days of bad sleep, this setting lets you smoothen wrinkles and fine lines in your photos.
- Hair color.Some people like light hair, some people like dark hair. It depends on gender and geography. Play around with this setting and see how it influences your matches.
- Tan.This is a big one. Do you know the feeling of returning from a sunny vacation and being appreciated for your fresh tan? Hold on to this feeling when your tan disappears after three weeks by giving yourself a year round tan in your dating app photos.
- Body leanness.This setting lets you slighty make you leaner or fuller depending on your taste. Our AI won't let you perform unhealthy lean transformations. This is a good thing, because both men and women prefer a little bit of fat on potential partners.
- Age adjustment.This setting lets you make yourself look like your younger or older self. Our AI tries to preserve your identity so you can expect to look a few years younger or older.
- Stubble beard (men only).Are you cleanly shaven? See how you look with a light beard. Studies show women find a 5 to 10 days old stubble beard to be the most attractive.
- Accessories - Sunglasses.Both men and women look cool in shades. Try out how you look with sunglasses and how your potential matches react to your cool look. Obviously you will want your profile to show your eyes in some of your pictures. Women can also try on clear fashion frames with our AI.
- Accessories - Necklace.Let AI make you look more successful with a chain necklace.
- Accessories - Gold watch.A Rolex is not for everyone. But a subtle gold watch can make you look more elegant and successful in your Tinder photos.
- Backgrounds - Remove or Fill.Depending on you use case, you can remove remove the background online and have the AI generate a transparent image, or have the AI remove the background and fill it with a solid color.
- Accessories - Bracelets & Earrings.If your Hinge photos show your ears and wrists, you can try on bracelet or earrings. Use Custom instructions under Advanced to add specific details about your accessories.
- Custom instructions.If the presets are insufficient, you can try to add your own custom instructions for the AI. This is useful if you want to add specific details to your photo that are not covered by the presets. Expect this to take several attempts to get the desired result. Be mindful of the NSFW content you add - that will be rejected.
Before and after example (demo)
See the results our AI photo enhancer generates with a single click. Please note that we look ourselves in the after photo. The AI did not change anything about our appearance that we did not ask for.
In this example we used the Sunglasses and the Necklace settings of the Accessories presets.
Before

After

Tips and best practices for using our photo AI
Photo best practices
- Garbage in = garbage out. Use high quality photos. As explained above, the quality of photos on dating apps affects your matches. Likewise, it affects how well the AI can enhance your photo.
- Avoid screenshots and compressed downloads (e.g. from WhatsApp, Telegram, etc.). Upload your original photos to the AI.
- Make sure there is one main character in the photo. Ideally the photo is a selfie close-up. As you are using the AI to touch up your dating profile photos, we assume you will upload selfie photos of yourself.
- Avoid nudity and including children in the photo. The AI safety filter will kick in if the photo is too revealing or has children. Of course, don't upload illegal content or unethical photos.
AI enhancement tips
- Performa a single enhancements a time. Turn all settings off and turn one back on at a time.
- Some settings allow you to specify intensity. Start subtly and increase as needed.
- Don't over-enhance. Natural looks are more attractive and effective on dating profiles.
Getting started with MakeHot.ai
Ready to look more attractive in your dating profile photos? Here's how to get started:
- Go to the app: Visit MakeHot.ai.
- Sign in: Click Sign in the top right corner or visit the sign-in page You can sign in using your Google account or your email. The signin process is passwordless.
- Choose a credit pack: Our app offers several cheap credit packs that allow you to try out different AI photo enhancements at a low price.
- Start enhancing dating photos! Now you are ready to enhance your Tinder, Bumble, Muzz, Badoo, OkCupid, or Hinge photos, and watch the matches roll in!